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Esmail Ghaani

1957 - Today

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Esmail Qaani (also spelled as Ismail Qaani; Persian: اسماعیل قاآنی; born 8 August 1957) is an Iranian brigadier general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and commander of its Quds Force, a division primarily responsible for extraterritorial operations. The Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei, appointed Qaani to succeed Qasem Soleimani as Commander of the Quds Force. In October 2024, speculation arose that he was either killed or injured alongside Hashem Safieddine, who was targeted in the October 2024 Dahieh airstrike. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Esmail Ghaani has received more than 371,385 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Esmail Ghaani is the 1,034th most popular military personnel (up from 1,463rd in 2019), the 237th most popular biography from Iran (up from 323rd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Iranian Military Personnel.

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  • 4.75

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  • 2.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Esmail Ghaani ranks 1,034 out of 2,058. Before him are Maximilian de Angelis, Mohamed Oufkir, Zdravko Tolimir, Rasim Delić, Ulrich Graf, and Samad bey Mehmandarov. After him are François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, Tzachas, Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Archduke Stephen, Palatine of Hungary, Bonifacius, and Otto Baum.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Esmail Ghaani ranks 91. Before him are Paweł Pawlikowski, Jaggi Vasudev, John Lasseter, Thierry Boutsen, José Sócrates, and Bruce Beutler. After him are Dan Castellaneta, Ted Levine, Duško Ivanović, Patrick Battiston, Clive Burr, and Anna Vissi.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Esmail Ghaani ranks 237 out of 631. Before him are Phraates I (-190), Aga Khan I (1800), Ahmad Jannati (1927), Hayedeh (1942), Aga Khan II (1830), and Vardanes I (10). After him are Seyyed Hossein Borujerdi (1875), Ahmad Shamlou (1925), Hamza ibn-'Ali ibn-Ahmad (985), Maryam Mirzakhani (1977), Shams Pahlavi (1917), and Orodes I of Parthia (-190).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Iran

Among military personnels born in Iran, Esmail Ghaani ranks 6. Before him are Tughril (990), Qasem Soleimani (1957), Bahram Chobin (600), Datis (-600), and Harpagus (-700). After him are Hossein Salami (1960), Jalil Zandi (1951), Ahmad Vahidi (1958), Mohammad Ali Jafari (1957), Nasser Shabani (1957), and Razi Mousavi (1962).

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